Jim O’Rourke

American musician and producer Jim O’Rourke has announced the release of his most recent project, All Kinds of People – Love Burt Bacharach. This 11-track tribute album includes the most well known of Bacharach’s work as covered by O’Rourke himself, as well as his old friend Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Also performing on the album is former Bacharach collaborator Donna Taylor and a variety of other artists from Japan, where O’Rourke is currently living.

The AV Club did the impossible and nabbed the inimitable Jim O’Rourke last week for an interview, something worth mentioning here, since O’Rourke rarely partakes in such in-depth chat sessions.

The man known for his work with Sonic Youth, Wilco, Stereolab, Joanna Newsom, Beth Orton, and many, many more spoke from his home in Tokyo about his new album, The Visitor, potential perils in digital recording, and learning to play the trombone.